Archeologists find ancient tomb of temple guard in Egypt's Luxor

Mar 04, 2015

CAIRO (Reuters) - An ancient tomb belonging to Amenhotep, guard of the temple of Egyptian deity Amun, has been discovered in the southern city of Luxor, the Egypt's antiquities ministry said on Tuesday.The ministry said the tomb probably dates to the New Kingdom's 18th Dynasty (15431292 BC). Photographs distributed by the ministry show a tomb with bright green and brown paintings with hieroglyphics."The tomb contains many stunning scenes with bright colours painted on plaster," Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Eldamaty said in a statement. "Many of scenes represent the tomb owner an...